The new
Directory for Catechesis has many thought-provoking and powerful lines, including the following:
“Everything [in faith formation] is oriented toward the mystery of Christ’s passion, death, and resurrection.” (64a)
“Catechesis communicates the heart of the faith in an essential and existentially understandable way, bringing each person into contact with the Risen One and helping him to reinterpret and to live the most intense moments of his life as Paschal events.” (64a)
I find it significant and inspiring to know that all of our faith formation efforts are designed to be “Paschal events” that move people from death to life! How do we do this?
We help those we teach to recognize how many of the narratives we carry within ourselves and are bombarded with from without are not life-giving but rather life-draining. In a sense, they are deadly narratives. We invite those we teach to die to their old selves—selves that are “slaves” to these deadly narratives. This is the nature of repentance. We proclaim the life-giving narrative of the Risen Christ, remembering that He is Risen always, not just during the 50 days of Easter! This Good News moves us from narratives of loss, brokenness, and despair to a narrative of rescue, restoration, and reassurance. We invite those we teach to encounter the Risen Christ in our midst. We facilitate encounters with the Risen Christ, especially through experiences of storytelling, prayer, and performing works of mercy.
Just as every Sunday celebration of the Eucharist throughout the year is thought of as a “little Easter,” every faith formation session we teach should be an experience of a “little Easter”—a celebration of moving from death to life, a celebration of the Paschal Mystery!


By Caroline West (@Caroline_N_West)
The archives of the East German Ministry for State Security (known as the
Stasi) are vast. The holdings contain 111 kilometers of documents on the ministry’s operations – and perhaps most significant, its comprehensive and detailed recordings of the private lives of East German citizens. In 1989, aware that public support for the East German government was fading and eager to hide evidence that it had been spying on its own citizens, the ministry began shredding thousands of civilian files. Despite these efforts, protesters prevented complete destruction of the archives when they occupied the ministry’s East Berlin headquarters in late 1989 and early 1990. [1]
The file card pictured above is a unique item from the archives. It provides the kind of intimate details the
Stasi gathered on private citizens, but about someone who was no ordinary civilian: Erich Mielke, the head of the Stasi for nearly four decades. This card, found in the desk of Mielke’s secretary, provides precise instructions about how he liked his breakfast served each day, from the number of minutes he wanted his two eggs to be cooked (four and a half for each) to the exact placement of his cutlery, plate, and napkin.
These details are almost humanizing in that they reflect the kind of idiosyncratic habits common among us all. But they have more chilling implications given the nature of Mielke’s work: they reveal the obsessive precision Mielke must have applied in constructing a surveillance state whose reach was so complete that no East German could escape it.
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Dentures are a traditional option for lost teeth that have been helping many patients to regain a complete dental restoration and a confident smile. Although the dentures have been in use for decades, the technology has changed now, and these dentures now come up with pioneering technologies and first-class excellence. Therefore, with the innovation, these dentures become more reliable and last longer than their prior models. However, it is essential to replace your dentures after a specific time.
Unfortunately, these dentures are not a permanent solution because you have to change them once in a while once you feel that they become loosened with time or somehow damaged for any reason. It is crucial to keep your oral hygiene and prevent yourself from dental diseases. But how would you get to know when is the right time to change your dentures?
Below I have discussed five signs which tell that it’s time to replace your dentures with new ones.
1. Denture Discomfort
Wearing dentures conveniently is a significant factor that should not be ignored. If you feel that your dentures are no longer comfortable and you feel pain or soreness while wearing your dentures, it means it’s time to change your dentures. You must not ignore uncomfortable dentures because they can lead to some severe problems in future.
2. Cracked or Broken Dentures
If you wear dentures, you must be truthful with them, and there should be no compromise with their quality. Nevertheless, if your dentures are cracked or broken, you may face difficulty in eating and enjoying food. Also, there is a substantial chance of stuck food particles in broken dentures. When you feel your dentures chipping, you must examine your dentures and talk to your dentist to replace dentures.
3. Bleeding or Sore Gums
Bleeding or sore gums are never a good sign for your oral health. If you are going through such an issue, it means you need to change your dentures. You need a quick examination of your dentures to determine what is the reason for your gum inflammation. If the cause is dentures, then replace them.
4. Chewing Difficulty
Many people wear dentures to improve their eating and chewing habits and to retain their smile. However, if you feel difficulty chewing, you need to find another reliable pair of dentures. Yet, with the new pair of dentures, you might need to practice chewing to get used to them.
5. Loosened Dentures
Many experts express that the older the dentures become, the more they get loosened. So, if you are wearing dentures for an extended period, there is an excellent chance that your dentures become loosened. If you don’t get desirable fitting from your dentures, then you need to replace your dentures with the new one that fits you appropriately.
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Abstract
Background: Recently, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved pembrolizumab for patients (pts) with PD-L1-positive metastatic gastric cancer (MGC) based on 22C3 immunohistochemistry (IHC) assay. However, little is known about detailed clinicopathological features of 22C3 PD-L1 expression in MGC. Patients and methods: Pts with histologically confirmed MGC were eligible for this prospective observational study. PD-L1 expression (22C3) on tumor cell (TC) or immune cell (IC) and mismatch repair (MMR) were analyzed by IHC. Epstein–Barr virus (EBV) was detected by in situ hybridization. The expressions of tyrosine kinase receptors (RTKs) and cancer genome alterations were evaluated by IHC or next-generation sequencing. Results: A total of 225 pts were analyzed in this study. PD-L1 expression on TC, PD-L1 on IC, MMR-deficient (D-MMR), and EBV positivity were identified in 8.4, 65.3, 6.2, and 6.2% cases, respectively. PD-L1 expression in TC was more frequently observed in pts with D-MMR (P < 0.001), PIK3CA mutation (P = 0.020), and KRAS mutation (P = 0.002), and PD-L1 on IC was associated with EBV positivity (P = 0.034), and lymph-node metastasis (P < 0.001). PD-L1 expression on either IC or TC was less frequently observed in pts with peritoneal metastasis and Borrmann Type 4. A significant association was not observed between PD-L1 expression and RTKs expression or presence of other gene alterations. PD-L1 expression on either TC or IC was not prognostic factor. Conclusions: 22C3 PD-L1 expression in MGC was associated with distinct clinicopathological features, but was not a prognostic factor.
Keywords 22C3 PD-L1 expression Cancer genome alterations Epstein–Barr virus Metastatic gastric cancer Mismatch repair ASJC Scopus subject areas Oncology Gastroenterology Cancer Research


New Delhi: Nuapada District in Odisha has been steadfast in its efforts to ensure access to quality education for its children.
In order to bridge the learning gaps caused by the Covid-19 Pandemic, the district has been organizing Community Classes, an innovative initiative, feel senior officials.
Nuapada District Collector Swadha Dev Singh participated in the NITI Aayog’s a day-long conference on the Aspirational Districts Program (ADP).
She said “Technology will be a transformative weapon in ensuring equal access to education and improving learning outcomes in the Aspirational Districts”
Efforts of the government and development partners for addressing learning loss among children during the pandemic were discussed in the session on ‘Education’.
Special initiatives led by districts such as Nuapada, and Virudhunagar, Tamil Nadu for addressing learning gaps and bringing back out-of-school children were presented.
Recently Central Prabhari Officer Santosh Sarangi extensively visited Nuapada to review the progress in the backward district.
Mr.Sarangi, Director General Foreign Trade (DGFT) has been appreciative of the efforts of the Nuapada District Administration.
The conference, ‘Sehbhagita se Samriddhi’, saw wide participation from District Collectors and Central Prabhari Officers of Aspirational Districts, officials from Union Ministries and NITI Aayog, and representatives from development partners.
A report, titled ‘Stories of Change’, on 30 innovative interventions by the Aspirational Districts was also released. These interventions—selected on the basis of the usage of behavioural principles, innovation, replicability and potential for impact—demonstrate how behavioural insights can drive outcomes on the ground.
Drawing attention to the high expectations of the people for health service delivery, NITI Aayog Member Dr VK Paul said we needed to strive towards the saturation of key maternal and child health schemes and focus on last-mile service delivery.
Addressing the participants, NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant said, ‘ADP has emerged as a unique platform for development partners to work with the government at the grassroots level. Their active engagement has led to significant progress.’ He highlighted how the partnership between the district teams and the development partners has been instrumental in improving the impact of schemes while improving the understanding of critical requirements of the districts.
Five sessions on ‘State Capacity’, ‘Education’, ‘Agriculture’, ‘Skill Development and Livelihood’, and ‘Health’ were held. The ‘State Capacity’ session focused on challenges and emerging best practices for improving last-mile service delivery through behaviour change communication and efficient data management. Local initiatives led by districts, such as that in Dumka in Jharkhand for strengthening block- and panchayat-level functionaries, were discussed.
The session on ‘Agriculture’ focused on challenges that directly affect farmers such as dwindling water tables, small per capita land holdings, and climate change. It also focused on developing targeted action plans, infrastructure development for the value chain and ensuring access to market and technology. Several initiatives such as water rejuvenation projects undertaken in Aspirational Districts were shared.
The ‘Skill Development and Livelihood’ session focused on developing demand-based and context-specific livelihoods in the Aspirational Districts, particularly in the context of SHGs and other micro-enterprises. Special initiatives led by districts such as Dantewada in Chhattisgarh in addressing challenges through Farmer Producer Organizations and effective methods of tracking livelihood opportunities and benefits accorded to the households were discussed.
The session on ‘Health’ focused on the role of development partners in supporting existing government staff to build capacity, particularly in initiatives to reduce malnutrition, and anaemia among women through rice fortification, millet-based recipes under the Integrated Child Development Scheme, and NITI’s pilot project to streamline the Government of India’s Anaemia Mukt Bharat interventions in five districts in Jharkhand.


While many institutions in the country have become much more gender-inclusive, those that have been slow to get off the ground are the armed forces, particularly the military. That is why the government’s recent statement, in response to a public interest litigation petition before the Supreme Court, that it has no objection to women joining military colleges such as the National Defense is a welcome step forward. If that happens, it could be a game-changer.
In the 1.4 million strong Indian army, women make up a miniscule 0.56%, while the corresponding figure is 1.08% in the air force and 6.5% in the navy.
While many senior male military officers say that in principle they are not against bringing more women into the forces and even into combat roles, they cite several reasons why this is not still impractical. Among the reasons are the low acceptance of women in leadership roles among male soldiers, the vulnerability of female soldiers to sexual harassment, limitations in their physical condition, and the lack of infrastructure such as separate sleeping quarters and toilets. A major general spoke of the vast resources that should be harnessed to make the forces gender-responsive. He also felt that female officers would seek privileges such as easier postings, which could lead to resentment.
None of this, surprisingly, is the women’s fault; yet they are excluded. The objections stem from the inability or unwillingness of the male-dominated establishment to allow more women to cross the stronghold.
I spoke to various female officers, including Captain (retired) Yashica Hatwal Tyagi, who was posted to the artillery base during the Kargil war when she was five months pregnant. She finds objections to women joining combat positions ridiculous.
“Women don’t need to be pampered, and I don’t believe in this theory that men won’t accept a woman’s leadership. I know from experience that if you do your job, you will be as respected as I am. Yes, we need infrastructure improvements, but more than that, we need a change in mentality. We cannot be caught in a zero error syndrome with women in the forces.
A serving woman, Lt. Col. (who did not want to be named) agrees with this. “Not all objections raised are insurmountable. I did night patrols, I dealt with issues like uncomfortable sleeping quarters and sanitary facilities. I find the objections to expanding the role of women in the forces immature. As for fitness, it depends on your training. I don’t for a moment believe that women can’t do well in combat roles, they’re old shibboleths that refuse to go away.
The former army chief, Vice-President Malik, favors change, but gradually. He believes conditions must be “favorable” before women can move into combat roles. He believes that when the time comes, women should compete on merit and not expect concessions. Another female army officer dismissed the idea that women wading through a largely male stronghold exposes them to sexual harassment. “It’s not like other professions are safe from sexual harassment. It’s just a pretext. »
Currently, women cannot join the armored corps, infantry, mechanized infantry and artillery. According to Captain Tyagi, “More women than ever are ready for the armed forces, but is the armed forces ready for them?”
Opinions expressed are personal


How is excellence in coaching defined? Chances are that each coach you ask has a different perspective, though many follow a similar over-all description. In exploring excellence, a first step is a working definition of coaching.
The International Coaches Federation, ICF, defines coaching as “partnering with clients in a thought-provoking and creative process that inspires them to maximize their personal and professional potential.”
Expanding the concept further, as a partner, a coach is neither a mentor nor a mental health professional, two commonly confused roles. The key difference is that while a coach does provide perspective, they do not give advice. What is the difference between perspective and advice? When giving perspective, a coach provides multiple examples or possibilities to open the thought process and brainstorm. The coach then asks the client what they want to do moving forward.
The ICF also notes that the top indicator of success in a coaching relationship is the rapport between the coach and the client. This requires the skill of the coach to flex to the client’s preferred style and connect effectively while earning respect.
Excellence in coaching is built on the definition of coaching and the rapport in the coaching relationship. For a coach to be excellent, they must have the appropriate experience and skill with a process that effectively serves the client.
In this series on coaching excellence, the areas of experience, skill, and process are explored. Next week three blog posts explore experience in the areas of work, life, and training. Three articles follow on skill in the areas of recognizing client preferences for understanding and rapport, listening, and questioning. Finally, three blog posts consider the process: written agreement, coaching sessions, and a client focus.


The case centers on Amazon’s fulfillment center in Kent, Wash. Amazon sued the Washington State Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) on Monday, asking a federal judge to rule that the state’s method for addressing accusations of significant workplace safety hazards violates the due process section of the U.S. Constitution’s 14th Amendment. The case arose from a March citation by L&I against
Amazon at its flagship warehouse in Kent (Wash.),
The department determined that many Amazon occupations demand repetitive activities such as lifting and hauling. It further said that workers must complete these jobs quickly to minimize the possible damage.
L&I ruled the infraction intentional because they received comparable citations from three other Amazon websites.
Amazon challenges the full citation and contests all charges. Its complaint, filed Monday at U.S. District Court, Seattle, hinges on a state clause that forces employers to address safety issues considered severe, willful, or repetitive, regardless of whether an appeal is being heard. Typically, an employer would have a stay of abatement during appeals. This permits them to procrastinate in addressing and resolving difficulties until the result is known. The action contends that the state law infringes on the right of due process. It forces firms like Amazon to take considerable operational and financial obligations to address identified hazards. Also, it fails to allow companies to argue the abatement requirements or appeal denials.
In a March 20 press statement, L&I noted that it had “offered various solutions for Amazon to explore to lessen the potential damage.” L&I offered many solutions to
Amazon to help lessen the risk of injury, including constructing height-adjustable platforms for uncomfortable lifting and deploying power equipment to carry heavy pallets. Unfortunately, the most recent infringement, which is a willful one, comes with a far more significant penalty than the ones issued in response to earlier inspections. In addition, the corporation still needs to make essential modifications to improve workplace safety and has continually denied the relationship between the tempo of work and accident rates.
Amazon said the allegations arose “despite the absence of any particular ergonomic guidelines in either Washington or federal occupational health and safety legislation.”
The suit asks the court to order an injunction barring the Department from requiring that Amazon install costly, cumbersome, and potentially needless abatement measures until the Department carries its burden of establishing that Amazon has broken any safety or health law.


Czechia has long established itself as the most Eurosceptic country in the region based on GLOBSEC Trends polling. Its support for the EU has fluctuated in any given year dependent on the economic climate and the crisis environment. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, that said, has served as a reality check for many Czechs. A sense of pragmatism and a recognition that the EU and NATO are security guarantors that provide the tools necessary for stronger joint actions have contributed to Czechia’s newfound regional leader status. The public now expresses more favourable views towards Czechia’s EU and NATO membership, the country’s role as a driver of international cooperation and Prague’s advocacy for more stringent sanctions against Russia.
A change in the leadership of the country, which is now stridently Euro-Atlantic oriented, has been especially pertinent to shifting the country’s rhetoric and policies. The change in the government led, furthermore, has contributed to an unprecedented rise in trust in institutions including the media. These changes, along with an escalation of the war by Russia, has compelled the Czech public to revaluate the actors and issues they perceive as security threats.
This report, consequently, examines the key trends shaping Czech society in 2022. It explores the socio-demographic groups steering the country’s increasingly transatlantic orientation and rising trust levels and satisfaction with democracy.
Read more below.


Your ECHO will be conducted by a cardiologist, who will examine your heart images and modify the transducer to visualise additional views. MRI, CT scan ultrasound, angiography are some of the tests included in the echo test. Specialists advise these tests to get them close and 3D images of the heart with adjacent sections. These images define the heart functioning and any abnormality with more clarity which helps the specialist start the treatment. Any abnormality like pumping irregularity, abnormal heart rate, blood clotting, stones, muscle damage and any other similar obstruction in the blood flow through the heart is easily detectable through these tests. Here is the procedure of these tests:
While lying down on an examination table, a technician will put gel on your chest, followed by a transducer (a little instrument fashioned like a microphone). The transducer directs sound waves toward your heart.
The waves bounce off the heart’s structures before returning to the transducer to be collected. A computer analyses them and displays a graphic representation of your heart thumping on a screen. The technician spins the transducer around to examine your heart from different angles. You may be asked to roll on your side or hold your breath for a few seconds during the exam.


The Advocacy for Alleged Witches AfAW urges the government of Malawi to honor Assistant Superintendent Arnold Mwalwimba and two other officers for successfully intervening and preventing the murder of an alleged witch in Malawi.
The news reaching AfAW says that following some complaints that some angry villagers wanted to attack a suspected witch, these officers rushed to the scene and rescued the suspected witch. Incidentally, the mob threw stones at the police injuring three officers. It has been reported that Kaporo Police Unit Officer In-charge Assistant Superintendent Arnold Mwalwimba was among the injured. Mwalwimba is battling for his life at a local hospital because he sustained serious injuries, while two other officers have been treated and discharged.
AfAW commends these police officers for their timely intervention and for saving the life of the witchcraft suspect. AfAW salutes their courage, professionalism, and sense of duty. Witch persecution and killing persist in Malawi partly due to the failure of the police to successfully intervene and restrain witch hunters. In many cases, the police are not alerted on time. And when they are informed, the police arrive at the scene too late to save the suspects. In some cases, the police are unable to intervene because they lack equipment such as vehicles, tear gas etc. The police cannot intervene due to fear of being overpowered or attacked by the local mob as in the case of Assistant Superintendent Mwalwimba and his colleagues. To end witch persecution in Malawi, the police, not the mob, must prevail in witch hunting cases in Malawi. The police must be ready to deploy and intervene at a short notice. They must be equipped to resist and contain the mob, ensure the safety of officers on duty and the witchcraft suspects. To end witch hunting, the rule of law, not jungle justice must apply in Malawi. And police officers like Assistant Superintendent Arnold Mwalwimba and two other officers who put their lives on the line must be honored.


The federal government has introduced regulatory amendments which extend Canada’s anti-money laundering and anti-terrorist financing (AML/ATF) legislative framework to crowd-funding platforms and certain payment service providers (“Emerging Funding and Payment Services”) that had previously not been covered by the
Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act and its regulations, in a fulfillment of one of the proposed AML/ATF measures mentioned in Budget 2022. Regulations Amending the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Regulations and the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Administrative Monetary Penalties Regulations SOR/2022-76, (the “Regulations”) were published in the Canada Gazette on April 27, 2022, but came into force on April 5, 2022. Charities and not-for-profits that receive donations from or otherwise engage with Emerging Funding and Payment Services should be aware that personal identifying information about the sender and recipient, and even intended purposes of the crowdfunded donations (“Personal Identifying Information”), will be recorded and transmitted to FINTRAC if it meets certain monetary thresholds.
The Regulations in the Canada Gazette were accompanied by a Regulatory Impact Analysis Statement (the Statement), which referred to a need for Canada’s AML/ATF regime to adapt and address issues that had been raised in February 2022 when protests occurred in Ottawa and throughout Canada, funded, in part, through crowdfunding platforms. As reported in greater detail in the
February 2022 Charity & NFP Law Update, on February 15, 2022 the federal government filed an Emergency Economic Measures Order (the Order) which – for the period of just over a week – temporarily extended Canada’s AML/ATF regime to apply to crowdfunding platforms, as well as payment processors. In its Statement, the federal government highlighted its concerns that “[a]llowing these gaps [in the AML/ATF regime] to continue represents a risk to the integrity and stability of the financial sector and the broader economy, as well as a reputational risk for Canada.” The amendments introduced by the Regulations are therefore intended to “help prevent the financing of illegal activities through these types of financial services.”


Why is RTI at Work™ best practice for creating a multitiered system of supports? Our experts answer your frequently asked questions
A highly effective multitiered system of supports (MTSS) requires educators to work collaboratively and take collective responsibility for every student’s success. RTI at Work™ builds upon the power of the Professional Learning Communities (PLC) at Work® process to create the learning-focused culture and collaborative structures needed to ensure all students receive the time and support they need to learn at high levels.
RTI’s underlying premise is that schools should not delay providing help for struggling students until they fall far enough behind to qualify for special education, but instead should provide timely, targeted, systematic interventions to all students who demonstrate the need. (Buffum, Mattos, & Weber, 2012, p. xiii) [Behavior Solutions, pp. 9–10] What is the difference between RTI at Work and MTSS?
RTI at Work is the highly effective way to implement MTSS and is research-affirmed, results-oriented, and proven to accelerate learning and close achievement gaps. The key difference is that the RTI at Work approach is purposely built upon the PLC at Work process.
The essential characteristics of the PLC at Work process are perfectly aligned with the fundamental elements of RTI. PLCs and RTI are complementary processes, built on a proven research base of best practices and designed to produce the same outcome—high levels of student learning. PLCs create the foundation required to build a highly effective system of interventions. [Taking Action, p. 11] Does RTI at Work address the behavior element that is critical to implementing MTSS well?
RTI research—specifically focused on behavior interventions—has been ongoing since the 1960s.
The phrase “Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports” was first coined in the reauthorization of the IDEA; however, the practices, principles, and systems that characterize PBIS have been described, studied, and implemented since the early 1960s and 1970s (Carr, 2007; Carr et al., 2002; Sugai & Horner, 2002).
RTI at Work, specifically, with its split-pyramid design, was developed to ensure that academics and behavior are addressed and featured in a systemwide support process for students.
RTI at Work professional development ensures educators are provided the guidance necessary for ensuring time and other resources are efficiently and effectively allocated for academic and behavioral support.
How does RTI at Work address academic and social behaviors?
In the PLC at Work process, four critical questions drive the school’s collaborative efforts to ensure student learning:
What knowledge, skills, and dispositions should every student acquire as a result of this unit, this course, or this grade level? How will we know when each student has acquired the essential knowledge and skills? How will we respond when some students do not learn? How will we extend the learning for students who are already proficient? (DuFour, DuFour, Eaker, Many, & Mattos, 2016, p. 36)
In our RTI at Work approach, we use these four questions to guide the teaching and intervening of essential academic and social behaviors.
Educators should view misbehavior as the absence of an academic or social behavior skill; misbehavior or organizational struggles are an educator’s cue to fill that gap by teaching the expected skills. [Behavior Solutions, p. 3]
To this end, the staff should work collaboratively to:
At Tier 1, identify the essential behaviors all students must learn and demonstrate for future success At Tier 2, provide time and support to students who need additional help mastering essential behaviors At Tier 3, target intensive support for students who demonstrate severe behavior needs
Finally, the RTI at Work process delineates how to allocate staff best to guide academic and behavior interventions. This is critical, considering most schools and districts have extremely limited resources, and staff is already overwhelmed.
Our school is focused on accelerating learning, not remediation for students who have fallen behind. Does Tier 3 of RTI at Work focus on accelerating learning?
Far too many students needing “remediation” have failed to close their achievement gaps because they miss grade-level essential curriculum to receive Tier 3 support. Our RTI at Work approach was purposefully designed to address this problem, beginning with defining Tier 1 as “all students having access to the grade-level essential curriculum.” Additionally, we advocate that students are not “moved from tier to tier”; instead, additional tiers of support are “value-added.” This means that any student who needs intensive remediation (Tier 3) on essential skills from previous years must receive this support:
In addition to access to the current grade-level essential curriculum (Tier 1) AND In addition to additional time and support to master grade-level essential curriculum (Tier 2) The RTI at Work process is perfectly aligned with the current efforts by many states to discontinue the use of traditional “remediation” and instead advocate for “acceleration.” (In fact, the RTI at Work approach has been advocating for this approach since Simplifying Response to Intervention was published in 2011.)


Stressful environments maen glas is specialized is stressful environments, especially when quick answers are nonetheless needed. It may concern: startups, medicine & surgery, the political world, law firms, financial or industrial companies… and a myriad of situations, personal and professional.
There is no “plug-and-play” solution, only your own personal situation that requires a unique journey.


Tooth implant installations involve surgical procedures, which are usually successful. Your dentist will recommend keeping up with high oral hygiene to keep the bacteria at bay and avoid complications. Unfortunately, other predisposing factors like smoking, diabetes, and low bone density might increase the risks of peri-implantitis. If you experience pain, swelling, a loose implant, or halitosis after the treatment, you might want to seek help immediately. The following are ways used to treat implant infections successfully.
1. Open Flap Surgery
Sometimes you could have an implant anchored in a hidden location. If it gets infected, your dentist might resort to a surgical procedure. The specialist will cut open the infected gum site revealing the infection. They may clean the area with a combination of antiseptics before stitching back the gums.
2. Cleaning
Submucosal debridement involves cleaning shallow pockets near the dental implant that carry the infection. Cleaning the pus pockets can be done using a high-frequency ultrasound device or a carbon fiber tool with special hooks.
Mechanical cleaning involves special hooklike tools that are best applied if the infection is deep within the gums. The specialist will be careful when inserting the tools to clean out the infection to avoid irritation or bleeding. The dentist might administer localized antiseptics after cleaning out the pockets using mechanical tools. It is best to schedule follow-up appointments to see if the cleaning procedure worked.
3. Removing the Implant
Experts recommend reporting infections to a dentist immediately to prevent them from developing into severe peri-implantitis. Severe infections cause a significant loss in bone density. In that case, your dentist might recommend removing the implant. You might undergo a bone graft to increase the density before returning to the dental clinic for reimplantation. During this break, the specialist will treat the infection to ensure the reimplant procedure is conducted on a clean slate. This might improve the chances of a successful implant installation.
4. Antibiotics
If the infection is mild, your dentist will prescribe antibiotics to fight the pathogens and treat the infection. The specialist can also recommend antibiotic treatment after mechanical cleaning to reduce the chances of reinfection. During infection treatment, you are advised to avoid smoking and eat healthy foods to boost your immune system and fight off the bacteria.
Failure to treat dental implant infections can lead to septicemia, which means you should follow your dentist's instructions for a successful surgery. Your dentist will ask you to report any abnormal signs after implant surgery. Remember to keep up your dental appointments and adhere to the relevant recommendations to minimize the risks of implant failure.
Talk to your dentist to learn more about dental implants.
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Do you struggle with staying awake during the daytime? If you feel chronically tired and unrested, you could have sleep apnea. It may surprise you how common sleep apnea and sleep disordered breathing are, though the symptoms do vary. If you believe you suffer from sleep apnea, a sleep study will provide you a diagnosis, …
Obstructive Sleep Apnea
In the past, it was not thought to connect obstructive sleep apnea with temporomandibular disorders (TMD), but scientists and healthcare professionals are have come to realize there may be a link between the two. In many cases these two conditions may have the same underlying cause. Temporomandibular disorders are disorders that can develop as a …


Sustainability
By heating, cooling, and lighting empty offices, we waste precious natural resources. There must be a better way to organize our working patterns.
The built environment generates nearly 47% of annual global CO2 emissions. Of those total emissions, building operations are responsible for 27% annually, while building materials and construction (typically referred to as embodied carbon) are responsible for an additional 20% annually.
Join us share what is already built, lit, cooled and heated, and together we can create a more sustainable business model.


October 19, 2022
The frequency of healthcare data breaches, magnitude of exposed records, and financial losses due to breached records have increased rapidly during the past few years. To mitigate the impact of these incidents, cybersecurity is essential to protect against unauthorized access to networks, devices, and data, especially protected health information (PHI).
In this article, FTI Consulting experts identify pre-breach and post-breach strategies and provide key considerations for organizations when closing the gap between compliance and security.


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Studies connecting microbiome composition and functional performance in wildlife have received little attention and understanding their connections with wildlife physical condition are sorely needed. We studied the variation in gut microbiota (hard fecal pellets) between allopatric subspecies of the European wild rabbit in wild populations and in captured individuals studied under captivity. We evaluated the influence of environmental and host-specific factors. The microbiome of wild rabbit populations reduced its heterogeneity under controlled conditions. None of the host-specific factors tested correlated with the microbiota composition. We only observed significant intra-group dispersion for the age factor. The most diverse microbiomes were rich in
Ruminococcaceae potentially holding an enriched functional profile with dominance of cellulases and xylanases, and suggesting higher efficiency in the digestion of fiber-rich food. Conversely, low diversity gut microbiomes showed dominance of Enterobacteriaceae potentially rich in amylases. We preliminary noticed geographical variations in field populations with higher dominance of Ruminococcaceae in south-western than in north-eastern Spain. Spatial differences appeared not to be subspecies driven, since they were lost in captivity, but environmentally driven, although differences in social structure and behavior may also play a role that deserve further investigations. A marginally significant relationship between the Ruminococcaceae/ Enterobacteriaceae ratio and potential life expectancy was observed in captive rabbits. We hypothesize that the gut microbiome may determine the efficiency of feeding resource exploitation, and can also be a potential proxy for life expectancy, with potential applications for the management of declining wild herbivorous populations. Such hypotheses remain to be explored in the future.


BEIJING, Sept. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Quhuo Limited (NASDAQ: QH) ("Quhuo" or the "Company"), a leading workforce operational solution platform in China, has recently carried out a series of social responsibility work, including shipping food and supplies to aid those suffering from floods, as the Company continues to develop its environment, social and governance (ESG) strategy.
As massive floods hit Yingde, a city in China's southeastern Guangdong province, in June, residents were forced to take refuge on their rooftops and kept struggling with a shortage of food and living supplies, with at least 400,000 residents in urgent need, according to the initial estimates by Guangdong Meteorological Bureau. This was when Quhuo came in.
When Quhuo found out that the family of its staffer Liu Wenbin, a city manager from Yingde, fell victim to the natural disaster and was trapped in the floods that ruined two floors of the family's property, Liu's manager and colleagues quickly offered support. Within days, Quhuo raised about RMB50,000 to purchase food supplies, including water, instant noodles, canned porridge and bread, and shipped them to Yingde under the guidance of the local labor union.
Local media reported that many elders and children were trapped with their properties ruined by the floods. It was also tough for local companies and factories to resume work and production.
Meanwhile, as part of Quhuo's social responsibility efforts, the Company continued offering food delivery services for its industry customers amid recent lockdowns due to local resurgence of the pandemic, including Meituan Maicai, the online grocery shopping app.
To express gratitude for Quhuo's commitment, Meituan Maicai organized an online gathering on June 24, 2022 to recognize the Company's hard delivery work during the lockdowns.
"Quhuo worked extensively during the lockdowns, as it quickly adjusted and deployed a staff coordination system to meet the urgent needs of local customers," Meituan Maicai wrote in a letter to Quhuo in June, recognizing its achievement and commitment to serving the social needs even at difficult times.
"We've set a high bar for ourselves in ESG and social responsibility efforts, and we're doing all we can to achieve the goals," Leslie Yu, the CEO of Quhuo, said. "Our client's recognition is strong evidence of how we could navigate through tough waters with limited resources at hand amid the fallout of the pandemic."
Despite the ongoing pandemic, Quhuo continues to score high with its services. In June, the Company won a special "Best Supplier Partner" award from its client Pizza Hut for Quhuo's quality delivery services in China's northeastern region.
About Quhuo Limited
Quhuo Limited (NASDAQ: QH) ("Quhuo" or the "Company") was the largest workforce operational solution platform in China in 2019. Quhuo provides tech-enabled, end-to-end operational solutions to blue-chip on-demand consumer service businesses in industries with significant e-commerce exposure, including food delivery, ride-hailing, housekeeping and bike-sharing. Quhuo's platform helps its industry customers mobilize a large team of workers and utilizes a combination of training, performance monitoring and refinement, and incentives to transform them into skilled workers who can follow industry-specific, standardized and highly efficient service procedures. Within the on-demand consumer service ecosystem, the Company plays a unique and indispensable role as the link between consumer service businesses and end consumers to enable the delivery of goods, services and experiences to consumers.
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“High emphasis on road building and maintenance to help bitumen emulsifiers emerge as a prominent coating solution”
Bitumen emulsifiers are rapidly emerging as a system undergoing significant technological progress to meet the requirements of pavement engineering. The deployment of varied bitumen emulsion types is slated to increase, driven by the rising cases of waterlogging due to poor drainage networks and the potential rise in the adoption of bitumen to coat roads and prevent corrosion, especially in heavy rainfall regions.
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One of the key factors responsible for
bitumen emulsifiers market growth is the escalating construction of roads and highways in developing nations. According to the Economic Survey in India, a consistent increase in national highways and roads construction has been witnessed since 2013-2014, with over 13,327 km constructed in 2020-2021 compared to 10,237 km in 2019-2020, indicating a 30.2% hike. The survey further revealed that this significant upturn in construction activities is due to the mounting public expenditure in 2020-2021, with a 29.5% increase from the previous year. Favorable business prospects like these are expected to stimulate the bitumen emulsion manufacturing process. Increasing residential construction activities in America
The rise of single-family and multifamily households is providing a considerable boost to residential construction over the years. As per an analysis of the federal spending data released by the Associated General Contractor of America, spending on residential construction jumped 23.2% in 2021 from a year earlier, with significant gains of 15.6% for multifamily spending and 32.8% for single-family spending. This increase in construction spending will fuel the use of polymer-modified bitumen emulsion formulations for high-quality coating of building parts.
Bitumen has been increasingly gaining traction over the years in the construction sector, especially in the development of water-repellent coatings for walls and roofs. In line with this, chemical companies like WACKER have introduced new product lines with the use of a booster for bitumen coatings. Dubbed VINNEVA, this booster for polymer-modified bitumen emulsions was released in 2021 and was designed to ensure that the coatings adhere well to building fabrics. The polymer-modified bitumen emulsifiers industry will thus exhibit a CAGR of nearly 5.5% through 2027, as per a Global Market Insights Inc. report.
Escalating funding activities for highway and bridge development projects in the Asia Pacific
Despite movement restrictions and lockdown measures implemented in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, highway construction in the Asia Pacific region has observed a remarkable increase in recent years. In the fiscal year 2021, India constructed around 13,298 km of highways, according to IBEF’s report. This, alongside the high spending on infrastructural development activities, will emerge as a key driver of the bitumen emulsifier business for road construction applications.
The Indian government, for example, allocated $13.14 billion under the National Infrastructure Pipeline for the fiscal year 2019-2025, of which, the road sector will account for over 18% of the capital expenditure.
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In other prominent countries like Indonesia, planning is underway for a bridge construction project to improve transport for two Indonesian islands namely Batam and Bintan. The government of Indonesia announced plans to offer around $236.4 million for the construction of over 2,134 km of the 7,685 km bridge linking the two northerly islands, as per Suharso Monoarfa, Minister of National Development Planning. Such government funding for the national infrastructural development will consequently add impetus to bitumen emulsifiers market expansion in regions like the Asia Pacific over the years ahead.
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Spreds has become the first investment crowdfunding platform in Belgium to be approved under ECSPR [European Crowdfunding Service Providers Regulation] to provide pan-European crowdfunding. Spreds, founded in 2011, is authorised by the Belgian financial regulator FSMA.
In late 2021, the European Union approved new pan-European crowdfunding rules that allow issuers to raise money across all member states with a funding cap of €5 million. For a platform to engage in EU-wide offerings, they must first be approved by their national regulator. Spreds now joins a handful of platforms engaging in European securities crowdfunding gaining access to a population of over 400 million.
In an interview with Le’Echo, Spreds CEO
Charles-Albert de Radzitzky noted they were the first platform to be approved under national rules in 2017 and they are continuing to play a “pioneering role” in the securities crowdfunding marketplace will authorization under ECSPR.
Spreds describes itself as a SaaS platform providing tools for companies to raise capital online and continue to manage the securities offering including governance as well as shareholders. Spreds also promotes that VCs and other experienced investors participate in offerings alongside retail investors.
For Belgian taxpayers, a significant tax exemption is available as an investment in a startup entails a 45% tax reduction based on the amount of the investment. For more mature firms, the tax reduction is less. The tax benefit is capped at €100,000 so a reduction of €45,000 a year.
Offerings are open to anyone and, to date, approximately 270 companies have been funded.
Expectations are for many other platforms to become approved under ECSPR along with several US-affiliated operations.


The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) aims to eliminate abusive, deceptive, and unfair debt collection practices. The FDCPA is a federal law specifically applicable to third party debt collectors. It has strict guidelines as to what debt collectors can and cannot do when attempting to collect a debt from you.
The FDCPA restricts the actions of debt collectors by;
Regulating how debt collectors may contact debtors. Stipulating what times of day are permissible for contacting debtors. Limiting the frequency of the contact. Prohibits abusive, threatening and vulgar language. Specifies the entities and individuals that may be contacted in association with your debt.
In the event you believe a debt collector has violated the FDCPA regulations and/or your rights, you may potentially sue them for these violations in either state or federal court.
How Do I File An FDCPA Complaint?
There are 3 primary entities where complaints can be filed against the debt collectors who have breached the regulations set out in the FDCPA.
File A Complaint With The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)
The CFPB is a government agency tasked with taking action against companies that break the law. This includes debt collectors who use abusive, deceptive, and unfair debt collection practices to collect debts from consumers.
The CFPB can help you file the complaint. They usually receive feedback from the accused company within 15 days, and approximately 97% of consumers hear back in a timely manner.
File A Complaint With The Federal Trade Commission
The FTC is a government agency that deals with multiple areas of trade in the United States. This includes ensuring fair debt collection. They may file cases against the companies, but won’t actually help you to resolve your specific complaint. Their aim is to hold the companies legally responsible for the greater good of all consumers.
File A Complaint With The State Attorney General
Depending on the State laws governing debt collection, you can consider lodging a complaint with your state Attorney General. Laws can differ from State to State based on the legislation they pass to govern fair debt collection practices.
What To Include In Your Complaint?
Your complaint should include the following information, and documentation where possible:
Name of the collection agency, Name of the person you spoke with, Dates and time of the phone calls, Specific details about the violation, and Any other relevant information/evidence that supports your claim.
This will allow the agency you choose to initiate the necessary process without undue delays or requesting additional information from you.
Bottom Line
Debt collectors have a duty to comply with the regulations set out by the FDCPA and the relevant State laws. If your rights have been violated by a debt collector, you may take action against them. Unlike lawsuits, filing a complaint does not guarantee any form of compensation, consider a FREE case review today!


Children of prisoners are at risk of significantly worse outcomes than children not affected by parental imprisonment. These include, amongst others, an increased risk of future offending, mental health issues, and poor educational attainment. The extent to which parental imprisonment is a specific and independent risk factor is contested. Nonetheless, recent research shows that parental imprisonment is associated with a fivefold increase in exposure to other adverse childhood experiences.
Despite such findings, children of prisoners remain an ‘invisible’ group – currently, children are not systematically identified or assessed when a parent goes to prison. As a result, there is no record of who, or even how many of these children there are. Currently used estimations, based on data from 2008, put the number of children of prisoners in England and Wales at 200,000. However, new Crest research (see chapter 3 of the report) shows that there are significantly more children – an estimated 312,000 – affected by parental imprisonment than previously thought. This has profound implications for the development of sufficient and appropriate services for children of prisoners.
That parental imprisonment is of itself an adverse experience, associated with additional disadvantages for children affected, suggests that a parent going to prison should be a red ag for services to ensure the wellbeing and support needs of the child or children in that family are addressed. However, no such red ag currently exists.
Information gathering and assessments are undertaken at numerous points during offenders’ journeys through the criminal justice system. However, information relating to the families of offenders is collected inconsistently, for different purposes and is not used in any systematic way neither to understand the wider family picture nor to engage with services who are best placed to support families while the family member is in prison.
Provision for prisoners and their families is largely provided by the voluntary and community sector. There are many excellent family services working in custody and in prison visitors’ centres to support families and ensure prisoners and families are able to stay in touch. Lord Farmer’s review and the Government’s response have the potential to change the prison landscape to create a greater family focus, making Governors responsible for a family and significant others strategy in every prison.


Canonical, Deprotonated, or Zwitterionic? A Computational Study on Amino Acid Interaction with the TiO2 (101) Anatase Surface 2(101) anatase surface was investigated by means of PBE-D2* periodic simulations, both from a static and dynamic points of view. Several adsorption states, with the amino acid in its canonical, zwitterionic, or deprotonated forms, were considered. The strongest interactions correspond to dative interactions between the electron pairs of N or O atoms of the amino acids and the Ti atoms of the surface. For glycine, the most stable configuration corresponds to the deprotonated (N,O) binding mode, at variance to that observed for the adsorption of glycine on rutile (110) surface, for which the dissociative (O,O) binding mode was determined to be the preferred one. For the remaining amino acids, the following general trend was identified: those amino acids with acidic or a basic lateral chain groups, except Arg, exhibit a deprotonated (N,O) binding mode as glycine, because the additional dative interactions with the side chain overcome the destabilizing effect induced by steric hindrances. However, for the remaining amino acids, with weaker side chain interactions, the zwitterionic state is the most stable conformer because the steric hindrances between the lateral chains and the surface are minimized. Overall, the present results indicate that the most stable amino acid adsorption state on the surface arises from a delicate balance between favorable interactions and steric hindrances of the amino acids with the surface, the latter ones becoming particularly relevant when lateral chains are considered.
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DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.7b03305
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Using campus social justice movements as an entry point, Leigh Patel shows how the struggles in higher education often directly challenged the tension between narratives of education as a pathway to improvement and the structural reality of settler colonialism that creates and protects wealth for a select few.
Through original research and interviews with activists and organizers from Black Lives Matter, The Black Panther party, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, the Combahee River Collective, and the Young Lords, Patel argues that the struggle on campuses reflect a starting point for higher education to confront settler strategies. She reveals how blurring the histories of slavery and Indigenous removal only traps us in history and perpetuates race, class, and gender inequalities.
By acknowledging and challenging settler colonialism, Patel outlines the importance of understanding the relationship between the struggle and study and how this understanding is vital for societal improvement.


With great honour, I offer a modest commentary on the articles in this special issue of the Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation, complemented by reflections on my decades of interactions with and memories of Lyn. My commentary underscores the enduring legacy of Lyn's significant contributions to the field of evaluation. These contributions largely, though not exclusively, reside in three domains: collaborative approaches to evaluation, the field's deep commitment to evaluation use, and the substance and contributions of meaningful standards for evaluation practice.
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Lithium intercalation compounds, such as the complex metal oxide, lithium nickel manganese cobalt oxide (LiNi
xMn yCo 1-x-yO 2, herein referred to as NMC), have demonstrated their utility as energy storage materials. In response to recent concerns about the global supply of cobalt, industrially synthesized NMCs are shifting toward using NMC compositions with enriched nickel content. However, nickel is one of the more toxic components of NMC materials, meriting investigation of the toxicity of these materials on environmentally relevant organisms. Herein, the toxicity of both nanoscale and microscale Ni-enriched NMCs to the bacterium, Shewanella oneidensis MR-1, and the zooplankton, Daphnia magna, was assessed. Unexpectedly, for the bacteria, all NMC materials exhibited similar toxicity when used at equal surface area-based doses, despite the different nickel content in each. Material dissolution to toxic species, namely nickel and cobalt ions, was therefore modelled using a combined density functional theory and thermodynamics approach, which showed an increase in material stability due to the Ni-enriched material containing nickel with an oxidation state >2. The increased stability of this material means that similar dissolution is expected between Ni-enriched NMC and equistoichiometric NMC, which is what was found in experiments. For S. oneidensis, the toxicity of the released ions recapitulated toxicity of NMC nanoparticles. For D. magna, nickel enrichment increased the observed toxicity of NMC, but this toxicity was not due to ion release. Association of the NMC was observed with both S. oneidensis and D. magna. This work demonstrates that for organisms where the major mode of toxicity is based on ion release, including more nickel in NMC does not impact toxicity due to increased particle stability; however, for organisms where the core composition dictates the toxicity, including more nickel in the redesign strategy may lead to greater toxicity due to nanoparticle-specific impacts on the organism. Bibliographical noteFunding Information:
This work was supported by the National Science Foundation under the Center for Sustainable Nanotechnology, CHE-1503408. The CSN is part of the Centers for Chemical Innovation Program. J. T. B. was supported by a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (grant number 00039202). TEM imaging in this study was carried out in the Characterization Facility, University of Minnesota, which receives partial support from the National Science Foundation through the MRSEC program. The authors gratefully acknowledge Fang Zhou at the Characterization Facility for microtome preparation of resin-embedded samples for TEM. The authors thank Elizabeth Lundstrom for ICP-MS analysis of the ion dissolution samples in bacterial medium as part of the University of Minnesota Earth Sciences Department. The authors acknowledge the Trace Element Research Group at the UW-Madison, Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene (WSLH) for their analytical services (magnetic-sector ICPMS) for the ion dissolution samples in daphnid medium. The authors are thankful to Tianlei Yan for his contributions to NMC synthesis. This research was supported in part through computational resources provided by the University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa. This work used the Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment (XSEDE59), which is supported by National Science Foundation grant number ACI-1548562 through allocation ID TG-GEO160006.
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Riding the wave of technological innovation in finance, the robo-advice model has emerged as one potential solution for helping individuals manage their pensions and invest savings for retirement. This report provides an overview of the types of robo-advisors that are now available and discusses the potential benefits, risks and challenges of such platforms.


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Full paper / The Medium is the Environment: Digital Materialism, Digital Art, and the Climate Crisis Abstract:Contrary to the notion of immateriality and commonplace imageries such as the cloud, information and communication technologies (ICT), from individual devices to the general infrastructure, are grounded in the natural world, ranging from the materials needed for production to the e-waste that is produced through planned obsolescence and aggressive consumerism. Despite such entanglement with the material substrate, the environmental implications of ICT usage is overlooked by the ICT industry, as it continues to exploit natural resources and cultivate a culture of consumption. Such socio-political landscape warrants an exploration of potential counter tactics in the field of digital art. This paper examines the environmental implications of ubiquitous ICT manufacturing, deployment, and usage, using the theories of new materialism and digital materialism. Following these theoretical lenses, the paper proposes that a focus on the material is necessary in digital art, which functions as an antithesis to the abstracting act of information/data and its purported immateriality. Biography:Kevin T. Day is a Taiwanese-Canadian media artist, art educator, and media theorist. His practice and research, encompassing sound, video, graph, web, and interactive installations, examine contemporary art’s critical capacity in response to the current socio-political issues of digital culture. Day received his PhD with a focus on media art and art education from the University of British Columbia. He has presented at numerous conferences such as SIGGRAPH, ISEA, and UAAC (Universities Arts Association of Canada). He has published in the top international journals for art and technology such as PACMCGITand Leonardo. His work had been generously funded by the Canada Council for the Arts and SSHRC. Currently, he teaches digital art in the UBC Bachelor of Media Studies program and the politics of media and information at the UBC School of Information.
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Sperm DNA methylation changes after short-term nut supplementation in healthy men consuming a Western-style diet.
Salas-Huetos, A., E.R. James, J. Salas-Salvadó, M. Bulló, K.I. Aston, D.T. Carrell, T.G. Jenkins, 2021.
Sperm DNA methylation changes after short-term nut supplementation in healthy men consuming a Western-style diet. Andrology. 9(1):260-268.
Background:
Many environmental and lifestyle factors have been implicated in the decline of sperm quality, with diet being one of the most plausible factors identified in recent years. Moreover, several studies have reported a close association between the alteration of specific sperm DNA methylation signatures and semen quality. Objectives: To evaluate the effect of tree nut consumption on sperm DNA methylation patterns in healthy individuals reporting eating a Western-style diet. Material and methods: This is a post hoc analysis conducted in a subset of participants (healthy, non-smoking, and young) from the FERTINUTS 14-wk randomized-controlled, parallel trial, recruited between December 2015 and February 2017. The participants included in the current study (n = 72) were randomly selected in a proportion 2:1 from the original FERTINUTS trial between the 98 participants that completed the entire dietary intervention (nut group, n = 48; control group, n = 24). Sperm DNA methylation patterns were examined at baseline and after 14 weeks in 48 individuals consuming 60 g/d of mixed nuts (nut group) and in 24 individuals following the usual Western-style diet avoiding consumption of nuts (control group). Results: Over the course of the trial, no significant changes in global methylation were observed between groups. However, in the nut group, we identified 36 genomic regions that were significantly differentially methylated between the baseline and the end of the trial and 97.2% of the regions displayed hypermethylation. We identified no such change in the control group over the same period of time. We also utilized the recently developed germ line age calculator to determine if nut consumption resulted in alterations to the epigenetic age of cells and no significant differences were found. Discussion and conclusion: Adding nuts to a regular Western-style diet subtly impacts sperm DNA methylation in specific regions, demonstrating that there are some sperm epigenome regions that could respond to diet.


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Fungi are of fundamental importance in terrestrial ecosystems playing important roles in decomposition, nutrient cycling, plant symbiosis and pathogenesis, and have significant potential in several areas of environmental biotechnology such as biocontrol and bioremediation. In all of these contexts, the fungi are growing in environments exhibiting spatio-temporal nutritional and structural heterogeneities. In this work, a discrete mathematical model is derived that allows detailed understanding of how events at the hyphal level are influenced by the nature of various environmental heterogeneities. Mycelial growth and function is simulated in a range of environments including homogeneous conditions, nutritionally-heterogeneous conditions and structurally-heterogeneous environments, the latter emulating porous media such as soils. Our results provide further understanding of the crucial processes involved in fungal growth, nutrient translocation and concomitant functional consequences, e.g. acidification, and have implications for the biotechnological application of fungi.


Levinson Axelrod, P.A. Partner Kim Gozsa recently secured a $1 million settlement for a client who slipped and fell on black ice in a shopping plaza parking lot.
According to court records, the incident occurred in January 2019 at a hair salon located in a shopping plaza in Lacey Township, New Jersey. After having her hair cut, Kim’s client exited the salon and walked across the sidewalk onto a handicapped section of the parking lot’s asphalt pavement. While stepping onto the asphalt ramp, Kim’s client slipped on black ice and fell onto her left leg. She sustained herniated discs in her neck requiring a two-level cervical fusion and later developed swallowing dysphasia after the surgery.
Because premises liability claims require plaintiffs to prove that a property owner knew or should have known about hazardous conditions, Kim investigated the area where the incident occurred to determine the underlying cause and how long it had existed. She subsequently discovered a roof drainage issue caused by a leaking gutter directly above the location where her client fell. Her investigation also revealed that the water dripping and forming ice was a recurrent and ongoing issue for several years.
In a lawsuit filed on behalf of her client, Kim alleged that the failure to maintain the gutter and roof drainage system allowed the concrete curb and asphalt ramp to become obstructed with clear ice in violation of adopted maintenance codes, municipal ordinances, state law, and accepted practices in the industry. While the owner of the Hair Salon stated that the gutter leak was an ongoing problem which had “always been there,” the property owner landlord denied such claims.
Thanks to her extensive investigation of the accident scene, Kim was able to overcome the defendant’s denial and successfully negotiate a
$1 million settlement. Kim Gozsa is a Partner at Levinson Axelrod, P.A. and a Certified Civil Trial Attorney by the New Jersey Supreme Court. Backed by over two decades in practice, Kim has earned a reputation as a skilled trial lawyer and fierce advocate. Her record includes millions of dollars in compensation for clients and a number of high-value recoveries for slip and fall victims, including a $3.225 million verdict ranked as the 8 th largest verdict in New Jersey in 2019, as reported by the New Jersey Law Journal .


The global user research software market, in the last few years, has witnessed a significant rise due to increasing smartphone and internet penetration. According to a study conducted by Deloitte, in developed countries such as the U.S., the U.K., and Canada, 70% of the population owns a smartphone, and this figure is expected to escalate up to 90% by 2020. This growing use of internet-connected devices and the fast-growing internet-connected ecosystem have impacted nearly every aspect of the consumer’s daily life and their buying behavior. They are becoming digital-friendly with the rapid adaptation of the internet-connected devices. For instance, Avendus found high penetration of digital buyers in North America in 2017.
The user research software market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 13.7% during the forecast period, 2020–2026. Intended Audience User Research Software Providers Software Developers Cloud service Providers Technology Investors Research Institutes Segmentation Insights The cloud-based deployment model is expected to augment the user research software market. Organizations are adopting cloud-based infrastructure to avoid the server and hardware cost. Advantages such as low upfront and storage cost have encouraged the growth of cloud services. Storage can be extended without any surplus hardware cost. Unlike web-based deployment, cloud services are generally deployed within a day as on-site hardware and software installation is not required. Cloud services are highly scalable. Thus, the emergence of cloud-based user research software is expected to affect market growth positively. Several large enterprises are paying attention to user research software and are employing it for improving business value, customer relation, and overall user experience. Moreover, the software helps the enterprises to generate more revenue by analyzing existing customer, stabilizing finances, reducing customer acquisition costs, and identifying new and protentional revenue pockets. Today, the software is available in affordable price range, easy to use, and viable to utilizie it across various industries, which is eventually encouraging several SMEs to adopt the user research software. Regional Insights North America is expected to witness dynamic growth in the user research software market due to the existing technologically advanced infrastructure and the strong presence of several established enterprises in the U.S. and Canada. Furthermore, a range of public and private sector organizations, including large enterprises and SMEs in the region are adopting the user research software. For instance, Amazon, the Internet retail giant, climbed the ladder of success by utilizing user research software. Europe is the second-largest region in the global user research software market. The U.K. is a primary market contributor in the regional market. Rising e-commerce markets in the U.K. and extensive usage of the internet for electronic business over traditional brick and mortar store is boosting the demand for user research software. Asia-Pacific is expected to witness significant growth in the market due to massive population base, internet penetration, changing customer demographics, expansion of SMEs and e-commerce industry, and favorable government policies for FDI. China has experienced rapid economic developments in the last few years. To withstand the competitive business environment, Chinese companies are focusing on enhancing the user experience of their products and services, which is driving the market growth in the country. The LAMEA user research software market is expected to witness considerable growth in the Middle East due to the rapid adoption of technologies, rising digital coverage, and increasing demand for best services. The region has substantial smartphone penetration in countries such as the UAE, Bahrain, and Qatar. Besides, social media is becoming more popular, and consumers are getting familiar with the brands. Therefore, the utilization of digital technology on the business front for user research is improving the customer-business relationship expeditiously. Key Players Some of the prominent players in the global user research software market are UserTesting Inc., Hotjar Ltd., Lookback, Validately, Userlytics Corporation, UserZoom, dScout, Inc., 20|20 Research, Inc., FocusVision, Over the Shoulder, User Interviews, Inc., Alpha UX, Inc., Gainsight, Inc., and Loop11. Several companies are heavily investing in R&D to develop innovative technologies and widen their business potential. For instance, in March 2019, UserTesting Inc. announced the launch of Product Insight application, which allows product development teams to incorporate customer feedback in each phase of the development process. Apart from this, several companies are adopting growth strategies such as acquisitions, partnerships, and mergers to gain a competitive edge. For instance, in January 2018, UserZoom announced the acquisition of WhatUsersDo to strengthen its market leadership. In October 2018, Gainsight, Inc., acquired Aptrinsic to expand subscription business by combining customer success and product management teams. User Research Software Market Segmentation By Type Cloud-Based Web-Based By Application Large Enterprises SMEs Regions Covered North America U.S. Canada Mexico Europe U.K. Germany France Italy Spain Rest of Europe Asia-Pacific China India Japan South Korea Australia Rest of Asia-Pacific LAMEA Brazil Saudi Arabia South Africa Rest of LAMEA


Arthritis is a broad term that covers a group of over 100 diseases. The word “arthritis” means “joint inflammation.” Inflammation is one of your body’s natural reactions to disease or injury. It includes swelling, pain, and stiffness. Inflammation that lasts a very long time or comes back, as in arthritis, can lead to tissue damage.
A joint is where two or more bones come together, such as the hip or knee.


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Where you study matters, which explains why so many students choose Concordia University, St. Paul College of Nursing. Our graduates don’t just earn a degree. They receive rich, relevant expertise in their respective fields, taught by engaging and knowledgeable instructors who are active in their professions, and inspired by Christian values. They also develop lasting relationships centered around the values of lifelong learning and growth, both personal and professional.
Founded in 1893, Concordia St. Paul has seen a great deal of change over the past century and quarter, beginning as a small high school for young men preparing to enter the ministry of The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod and growing into the diverse, outcomes-focused liberal arts university it is today. Offering more than 100 majors, minors and other programs, Concordia is recognized for providing exceptional academic value and return on investment for students.
Today, the Concordia University, St. Paul College of Nursing is providing a new value for those who feel called to serve as nurses. In 2020, we launched our 16-month Accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing program in St. Paul, Minnesota, as well as entered into a transfer partnership with Concordia University–Portland to continue their successful Accelerated BSN program in Portland, Oregon. A member of the Concordia family of universities, CUP announced its closure in the spring of 2020. Despite this, the demand for BSN-educated nurses remains exceptionally high on the West Coast, making this quality program essential to serving our nation’s health care needs. As such, we were proud to be able to continue this accredited program without interruption.
Program Mission, Goals and Expected Outcomes Mission
The mission of the Concordia University, St. Paul College of Nursing is to provide a transformative education for students to become exceptional nursing leaders who value lifelong learning, possess a spirit of inquiry and display resilience within the dynamic healthcare environment. This is accomplished through the integration of experiential learning that is informed by Christian values, the liberal arts and sciences and nursing knowledge. Graduates are prepared for informed living and dedication to holistic and evidence-based nursing practice that advocates for social justice, tolerates ambiguity and improves health outcomes for diverse populations in the evolving global context of healthcare delivery.
Vision
Concordia University, St. Paul will be an exemplary, academically respected, Christ-centered nursing program that cultivates creative and innovative thinkers, while fostering meaningful partnerships in the healthcare community to collaborate on clinical and academic best practices.
Baccalaureate Nursing Program Goals
Graduate highly educated, compassionate, competent and inquisitive nurses who are empowered to have a meaningful impact on the nursing workforce in a variety of roles and settings.
Inspire the passion and value of ongoing professional education that will serve as a foundation for personal growth, career progression and optimal healthcare outcomes.
At Concordia University, We're Focused On Outcomes
The Concordia University, St. Paul College of Nursing focuses on preparing students to sit for the NCLEX, as shown by CSP students’ above-average first-time NCLEX pass rates in 2021. On the St. Paul campus, students passed at a rate of 93.75%, and Portland students passed at a rate of 87.53%.
The reason for our students’ success is equally clear. At Concordia, our Bachelor of Science in Nursing program focuses on eight key outcomes so you graduate ready to sit for the NCLEX-RN® and to become a leader in nursing practice:
Developing and maintaining professional accountabilityto advocate for social justice, quality health outcomes and legal and ethical practice. Understanding the healthcare contextgiven financial, regulatory and public health practices and policies. Providing holistic and patient-centered carethrough evidence-based practice, clinical reasoning and moral and ethical values. Fostering leadershipin a variety of care settings and systems. Utilizing technology and informaticsto provide safe, efficient and optimized care. Optimizing healthcare outcomesthrough effective communication and coordinated, collaborative care. Empowering health promotion/illness preventionthrough educating communities and evaluating the effectiveness of health interventions. Leveraging a well-round baccalaureate generalisteducation to synthesize knowledge and provide holistic, compassionate and creative care. Are you ready to answer the call to become a nurse? Contact us today to learn more about how you can leverage your previous college experience to earn a BSN degree in 16 months.


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On June 23, law enforcement officials at Kuwait’s International Airport identified suspicious cargo that had arrived from Turkey. The peculiar cargo contained thermal packaging machines that a Syrian national had submitted as air freight. Upon review, Kuwait’s General Administration of Customs identified an assortment of over 4 million dark brown, yellow, and white tablets of captagon, an illicit amphetamine-type substance, expertly hidden beneath the machine’s scanners.
While Kuwaiti customs were undertaking this major captagon seizure, the country’s law enforcement representatives convened in a conference room in the UAE for an INTERPOL-sponsored discussion of regional efforts to combat local drug trades. Coincidentally, the Kuwaiti representatives sat across the room from two representatives of the Syrian government — the primary agent behind the modern-day captagon trade.
With a surge in captagon shipments across the region, the conference came at an appropriate time. Regional drug traffickers have become more sophisticated, innovative, and even violent in their smuggling operations, while consumption of illicit drugs like captagon, tramadol, and methamphetamine are reaching alarming rates, creating a greater need for regional dialogue and cooperation over supply and demand reduction. However, the inclusion of the Syrian government in sensitive INTERPOL conversations about collaborative efforts to stave illicit drug trades is counterproductive to those efforts. Including the Syrian government gives Damascus a platform to deny involvement in the captagon trade and arms it with the necessary intelligence to stay one step ahead of transit and destination countries.
Captagon’s Anchor: Regime-Controlled Syria
Since 2019, evidence linking the captagon trade with actors closely aligned with the upper echelons of the Syrian regime and partnered armed groups loyal to Iran has continued to accumulate. Investigations, reports, and analyses revealing new intelligence about the captagon trade conducted by the New Lines Institute, Der Spiegel, The New York Times, Radio France Internationale, Center for Operational Analysis and Research, and others, have gathered evidence of ministry-level participation and complicity in the production and trafficking of captagon. Contributing to the captagon trade’s momentum are multiple layers of militant groups such as the Fourth Armored Division closely aligned with the Syrian regime’s security apparatus, private sector businessmen and shell companies close to the Syrian government, and even relatives of Bashar Al-Assad. These actors oversee captagon production sites in Latakia, Aleppo, Homs, Da’ara, and regime-controlled points along the M4 highway; offer transportation, materials, and personnel for smuggling operations; and provide agricultural produce, industrial goods, and other licit products for concealing captagon pills.
As evidence about state-level complicity and participation in the captagon trade has accumulated, the Syrian regime has conducted a series of cosmetic reforms, a public awareness campaign, and occasional seizures to reduce visible signs of participation. These policies have been designed to deflect blame amid regional accusations and create a narrative that it is serious about cracking down on crime. With mounting allegations of state-level participation in captagon manufacturing and trafficking, the Syrian Interior Ministry marked World Anti-Drug Day on June 26 with a national seminar in Damascus for ministers, police chiefs, and practitioners. At the seminar, National Narcotics Commission leader Minister Maj.-Gen. Mohamed Rahmoun and Youth of the Revolutionary Union President Sumer Al-Dahir reaffirmed that Syria has played an important role in supporting the international community’s efforts to combat narcotics. The Interior Ministry additionally announced that it was launching a series of patrols to combat drug smuggling operations along with a public awareness campaign comprising anti-drug informational videos warning the risks of drug consumption with the catchphrase “NO TO DRUGS, YES FOR LIFE.”
In recent months, there has been an uptick in reported captagon seizures in regime-held areas; however, these interceptions are disproportionately small-scale and target individuals. Large-scale shipments meant for destination markets in the Persian Gulf region and often orchestrated by regime-aligned forces and criminal networks are rarely seized. Additionally, some of the Interior Ministry’s announcements describe the seized substances in vague terms, such as “foreign medicine,” “narcotics,” or “drugs,” rather than captagon. The sudden spike in regime-conducted interdictions coincided not only with the June INTERPOL conference on Operation Lionfish, but also with additional opportunities for face-saving measures: the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime’s International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, a weekend-long Arab League Meeting in Beirut at the end of the month, and rapprochement efforts with several Middle Eastern governments.
Despite continued pleas and signs of agitation from neighboring transit and destination countries, Damascus has done little to pump the brakes on the pace of smuggling operations from Syria or temper the violent behavior of regime-affiliated armed smugglers. While the government continues to publicly deny participation in the trade, it has done little to restrict clashes — some fatal — perpetrated by smugglers from Syria along the country’s border with Jordan. Some of these smugglers have reportedly had strong links to the Syrian regime’s Fourth Division and aligned partners such as Hezbollah and Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-backed militias. These actors smuggle large amounts of captagon tablets, many produced on an industrial scale within regime-held areas. And with a stream of Russian reinforcements and renewed operational focus in the country’s north amid signs of a potential Turkish intervention, there will be greater space for Syrian Fourth Division forces, Hezbollah, and partnered Iran-aligned militias to facilitate the flow of illicit goods in the country’s south.
Syria’s Reintegration into INTERPOL
In the months leading up to the June conference, Syria had been gradually reintegrating into INTERPOL while pursuing normalization efforts with key Gulf actors like the UAE. In 2012, INTERPOL’s Executive Committee applied corrective measures on Syria’s National Census Bureau in Damascus, effectively cutting the Syrian regime off from its informational system that allowed the country to work directly with international police, share intelligence, and issue arrest warrants for individuals abroad. Yet, after nearly 10 years of Syria being on the outs with INTERPOL’s information system, INTERPOL’s Executive Committee made the decision to lift these restrictions in June 2021. By Oct. 2, 2021, Syria was back in the fold, with renewed access to INTERPOL’s informational channels and notification system, and an INTERPOL team providing training to the census bureau in Damascus.
INTERPOL’s 2021 decision to reintegrate and lift corrective measures on the Syrian government incited concerns about the implications and potential abuse of the organization’s alert system. With revived access, Syria could utilize INTERPOL’s “Red Notice” notification system to issue arrest warrants and track and prosecute exiled opposition figures and displaced Syrians abroad. Additionally, Syria could utilize INTERPOL’s more informal diffusion systems— a process that notably has less accountability, given a lack of internal screening for politically motivated warrants. INTERPOL defended its decision to welcome Damascus back into the fold, stating it could not constitutionally exclude Syria on political grounds and that Syria had, over time, demonstrated better data processing capabilities.
And now, months after Syria’s re-accession into INTERPOL’s notification system, INTERPOL took a new step that raised Syria’s profile in the organization and increased its access to informational exchange, intelligence sharing, monitoring efforts, and planning for countering illicit trades and criminal organizations. Complemented by UAE-Syrian normalization efforts, INTERPOL extended invitations to a Syrian governmental delegation to discuss Operation Lionfish — a key INTERPOL effort aimed at disrupting the captagon trade in the Middle East and beyond.
A New Concern: Syria’s Access to Captagon Interdiction Efforts
Syria’s 2021 reintegration into INTERPOL’s notification system has sparked anxiety over potential abuses of politically motivated arrest warrants. However, the potential for the Syrian regime’s access to counter-narcotics efforts — particularly those seeking to curb the captagon trade — should be of equal concern as the Syrian regime enhances its engagement with INTERPOL. Syria’s invitation to the INTERPOL-sponsored and UAE-hosted conference on countering regional narcotics trades raises questions about increased Syrian governmental participation in interdiction efforts related to INTERPOL’s Operation Lionfish, as well as the organization’s project AMEAP (Africa, Middle East, and Asia and the Pacific) that offers countries operational and investigative support with INTERPOL global police databases.
It’s important that the U.S. and its partners heavily affected by the captagon trade in southern Europe, Africa, and the Middle East recognize this trajectory of Syria-INTERPOL engagement and establish alternatives for regional cooperation and dialogue for interdiction, all beyond the gaze of the Syrian government. As the captagon trade swells in the Mediterranean-Gulf zone, there is a greater need for a formal or informal mechanism between captagon’s transit and destination countries. Such a mechanism should promote not only cooperation and intelligence sharing over interdiction efforts, but also dialogue about strategies to target captagon supply, harm reduction, rehabilitative care, maritime and overland route monitoring efforts, and laboratory analysis and data collection for captagon tablets’ chemical composition.
Offering the Syrian regime a seat (or two) at the table in discussions about intelligence sharing, interdiction capacity, detection technologies, and monitoring efforts is counterproductive to the regional effort to manage the captagon trade. Doing so strengthens Damascus’ hand, allowing regime-aligned producers and traffickers in the Fourth Division and Syria’s private sector to adapt, identifying creative smuggling materials, transportation methods, new routes, and tactics to stay ahead of regional interdiction efforts.
Caroline Rose is a Senior Analyst and Head of the Strategic Vacuums program in the Human Security unit at New Lines. Her commentary and work on geopolitics and Middle Eastern affairs have been featured in Foreign Policy, The Independent, Alhurra, Limes Magazine, and the Atlantic Council’s MENASource. She tweets at @CarolineRose8.


Decreasing obsolescence with modular smartphones? - An interdisciplinary perspective on lifecycles
Abstract
Smartphones offer a wide spectrum of features and functions, are subject to fast technological progress, and have short production and replacement cycles. Prolonging their use-times through modular design can have a significant effect on their environmental impact. This cannot be achieved solely by producing robust and durable devices, because smartphone use-times are closely linked to their functional performance and symbolic meaning. Modularity strategies change the technological principles of existing devices, but also the human-object relationship between users and their smartphones. Maintaining continuous functionality and reinforcing attachment to the device can go hand in hand, but could also lead to drawbacks and rebound effects. In this interdisciplinary paper, we discuss the environmental potential and risks of modular smartphones, based on three specific scenario designs (Fairphone 2, PuzzlePhone, and Google ARA), taking users' functionality aspirations and practical needs into account.


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The Brain-Based Classroom translates findings from educational neuroscience into a new paradigm of practices suitable for any teacher. The human brain is a site of spectacular capacity for joy, motivation, and personal satisfaction, but how can educators harness its potential to help children reach truly fulfilling goals? Using this innovative collection of brain-centric strategies, teachers can transform their classrooms into deep learning spaces that support their students through self-regulation and mindset shifts. These fresh insights will help teachers resolve classroom management issues, prevent crises and disruptive behaviors, and center social-emotional learning and restorative practices.


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